Pastor Brenda Stokes

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[Pastor Brenda Stokes @PastorBLStokes]

#MLKDay2026 #changeagent

[The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center @TheKingCenter]

The King Center remembers #EmmettTill. 70 years ago today, the apple of his mom, Mamie Till’s, eye was brutally dehumanized and lynched by a rabidly racist mob of white men who had been lied to by a white woman. Even if she had been telling the truth about Emmett whistling at her, the lynching of Emmett Till would have still been vile and reprehensible. A whistle inciting a murder is depravity.

However, this was like many incidents today, when people know that a lie, embellishment of a misunderstanding, or reporting the presence of a Black person will facilitate violence against that person.

Anti-black racism still exists. And is persisting in policies, dismissing of critical history lessons, policing, systemic barriers, and strategic, unjust efforts to weaponize the word “woke” at the expense of Black people in America.

Just as the lynching of Emmett Till and his mother showing his body at his funeral were catalysts for the movement then, may his memory galvanize us now.

[America's Favorite HBCU @JBrooks02]

#BreakingNews: Mama Mosie Burks, the legendary lead vocalist of the Mississippi Mass Choir, has passed away at the age of 92. Mama Burks was a true representation of Jackson, the state of Mississippi and Black American gospel culture ✝️

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

Evidently, getting this nation “back to God” doesn’t = protest against a budget that would cut essential services for millions of people.

Yesterday, @RevDrBarber, @wilsonhartgrove, and other moral leaders demonstrated moral courage by praying in protest against Republican-led budget cuts in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.

Both Rev. Barber and Rev. Wilson-Hartgrove were arrested - charged with “crowding, obstructing, and incommoding” by the Capitol Police.

And press were expelled from the Rotunda.

@BRepairers @UniteThePoor

[Pastor Brenda Stokes @PastorBLStokes]

#GoodTrouble

[Kool Karyn 😎 Resister Since Day One 💙 @koolkaryn]

Well done Cory! That was "Good Trouble " 💙

[MarcelForCongress @Marcel4Congress]

Today's Black American (Freedmen) inventor is Madeline Turner. Madeline Turner invented the fruit press. Her fruit press or juicer led the way to the modern-day juicing industry, and it has been cited in several other patents for decades for other juicer and fruit press inventions. #BlackHistoryMonth

[MarcelForCongress @Marcel4Congress]

Today's Black American (Freedmen) inventor is Marian Croak. Marian Croak developed VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol that allowed people to speak to each other over the Internet. She is largely the reason we can speak to each other over FaceTime, Zoom, Twitter Spaces, and more. She also invented the text to donation capability. #BlackHistoryMonth

[Pastor Brenda Stokes @PastorBLStokes]

#BlackHistoryMonth

[NAACP @NAACP]

We will forever continue to celebrate US.

Happy #BlackHistoryMonth!

[HBCU Alum @hbcualum]

The #TuskegeeAirmen. Essential and impactful American History!

[Ave @SebastianAvenue]

Tuskegee Airmen Appreciation !!!

[Pastor Brenda Stokes @PastorBLStokes]

@RevDrBarber Watching! 🙌🙌🙏🙏

[Pastor Brenda Stokes @PastorBLStokes]

May the works he did in this life speak for him - rest in peace President Carter 🙏🙏

[The Carter Center @CarterCenter]

Our founder, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, passed away this afternoon in Plains, Georgia.

[Pastor Brenda Stokes @PastorBLStokes]

@DAJustAsking When we were looking to buy a house, I specifically told our realtor not to show us anything that contained the word "Plantation"...#FLLife

[Pastor Brenda Stokes @PastorBLStokes]

@celinedionlcon This gave me chills - what a demonstration of an overcomer! 🎶🎵🎶🎵

[Colin Allred @ColinAllredTX]

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee was a fierce advocate for Houston and her constituents. No one worked harder for her community and if Houston needed something, she got it done.

Her passing is a great loss and my condolences go to her family, friends and the people of Houston.

[Greg Carr @AfricanaCarr]

Thanks ⁦@USPS⁩ .
#ConstanceBakerMotley
#BlackHeritageStamp

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

The first black American architect to graduate from MIT and the country’s first academically trained black architect, Robert R. Taylor was truly groundbreaking. Born in North Carolina in 1868, he learned carpentry and construction from his father, a former slave, and worked as a construction foreman before enrolling in MIT. After graduating in 1892, he was recruited by Booker T. Washington to work at the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama, where he spent nearly four decades. There, he was an influential educator, developing the architecture and construction trade program and inspiring countless students. He also designed and built a number of the campus’ structures, including libraries, residence halls, administration buildings, academic centers, and a dining facility.
In 1899, Taylor designed The Oaks, Booker T. Washington’s home and the Tuskegee Institute’s social center, which offered employment services and on-the-job training for students. He considered the Tuskegee Chapel, a brick and stone worship space that burned down in 1957, his masterpiece. Many of his buildings still stand today.

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